A: THE WRONG CUSTOMER. A Confiding Young Man Kuns . Rustic and a Cyclone. - (New York Sun Across a He was the greenest old man you ever ; saw. He looked around the passenger f dach in a way to prove that he had never entered one be fora and he sat down so softly, and seemed to be so afraid of dam- aging something, that all the passengers smiled. ' . ? By and bye ayonng man want over and sat down beside him. This' youn.5 man might hav been directed by filial affec tion, and ' he might not. "Which way, runde?" he softly asked. , " "ile? Oh, I' m goin' to see my darter in Connecticut.'' '.'Ever travel much?' 1'Thii is tha first time I wai ever on the Jceers. I've ariv on seventeen miie . wilu f,h oxan to sea mv other ' darter, but oxea ff Vhaint no comparison to thase keers." '" "I should say nob. It takes a lot of money to go to Connecticut and back." ,' "Drefful lot, bub I jist sold the farm, you r know." ' " ' VI presume you could cbaage a $100 bill for me?" "Oh, jist as well as not." V ' 'I may want you ty by and by. This is good weather, eh?" "Strordinary waather fur fall. James ; , has been worried about his corn, bat I guess it's all safa." Nothing further waa said for some time, the old man looking out of the window and . the younor man reading a paper. The traia made a few stops, and the car was so; warm that aftar awhile the old man began to nod. He fought it off f or tan yawn and minutes, but at last his ha ad fell back, and his gentle snores mingled with the roar of the wheels. ' A slim white "hani, wih tapering fingers, restad on his lej; then it was elevated to his breast Its touch was that of a feather. Its movement wa3 that of a serpent creep ing forward to strike. The fingers touchei an old-fashioned wallst. The young man continued to read, and the oi l man slept on. Inch by inch the wallet was lifted from it3 snug resting place, and the hand was almost ready to remove it entirely when something happened. "With a sudden movement of his right hand the old man pinned the interloper fast, and his-voice was heard calling: v "You blamed skunk! But I knowed all the time what you were after! Where's the conductor!" ''Tow blamed skunkF There was a rush of passengers, and , they found a helpless, confused pickpocket - and an indignant, but yet elated old man. "Consarn his pictur, but he . took me fur -. an "ode haystack from a back medderl Work roots on me, will ye! Sat a trap fur me and fall into it yersaif, eh?" Even a professional pickpocket hadn't cheek enough. to urge a single excuse. The fellow hadn't one blessed word to say, and i was walked off to the baggage car to be kicked to the platform at the next station. "Ye see," said the old man. as ho turned to the inquiring passengers, "I hadn' t orter done it. When a man has been cons table, sheriff or drover all his days, travelin' all over and meatm' with ail sorts of folks, ha tadn't orter play off greenhorn and break - a young man's heart like thisi but I felt sort o' reckless this mornin'. I must put a curb onny sperrits; I m ge tun.', too old to be play in' jokes on confidin' young men!" The Hoi-rid Predicament of a Dainty Dnde. Louisville Courier-Journal, i Alfonso was a dainty dude, a member of w that clas3 we ; should from daily wear ex xslude and pat it under glass. He could not take a healthy breath, for like excess of ssteam, so tightly was he squaezed beneath, twould open every seam. He had his cane 'tied to his hand with dainty silken string; if it should drop and he should bond 'twould ruin everything. He reached a massive garden wall, a foliage hid retreat; was just about to give a call when, falling to his feet, a silver dollar all he had went ring ing to the street. I will not say the dude was mad ; the word is incomplete. Hare was a. pretty how to do; the" dude was as perate. He dared not bend, for well he knew what then would be his fate. He was : no Vanderbdt, to lose a dollar in that way. There wasn't much for him to choose, and time for no delay. Thra was no Arab 'there to scoff at ; his sad misery, so he mu3t take hi3 trousars off or let the dollar lie. Now all wag dark; no one was naar. Ah, ' shield him, shades of night! He did the deed in trembling fear, and got his tin all right. Bow wow? What's , that? Al fonso knew; he'd heard that sound before. Just as he was, like wind he fle vv ; but througa an open door old Towser leaped. jnads a break and caught the trousers ,t 'A ''Alfonso didn't stop to ; shake his grip ' burried fast. .The gardener calne run- . , then 'Hi, Towser, bring it here ! Ha. - ''J7 That duda's been here ) agaia; but this '$ i lighty queer. Ha must have jumped lx r trom bis clothes,- I'll bet a dollar note. ' n ase tho trousers now, I guess, for sleeves to fix my coat." - "If You Don't Keer." TAtlanta Constitution l - j ..There are:soma good stories toll on soma of -tha members of the legislature. When . i-. . . one or me new iuemuen arrived ana was sworn in: he took his seat, and the next doorkeepers, who were thereafter stationed at the various doors. After remaining in his seat - until his legs got crampad and be ; rnf a-rarmZA t.hn . Tnftm'hoi ; timidly approaching' a doorkeeper, said in a whisper: . . vi L l say, x a use o go out u ycu don't keer. I I won't be gone but about ta-n Tninntfts." - The doorkeeper let him out. Before the session waa over , toe member learned that he could ride home on his free pas3 and stay a week and nobody would miss him but the clerks, when .vainly trying to maka- sixty or seventy men count up a constitutional quorum. ; - ; . "Detroit FreePress: A little Delaware girl was compell ed to don a dress to which she ' took exceptions. For a long time she sat moping, never saying a word. "What's the matter, dear?" " asked her mother. "Oh, 1 believe thu dress makes me bihouv' . DAILY CHARLOTTE-OBSERVER : .'551 The UnlTral Small TItrjr, . v' - , 'Contemporary Review. J NothiiiQ hurts him. A far more divert-In t parsonage i3 your "boy," the ir-.-n-r: .ra'ble, universal 'boy. ',.. 1 cffcen come upcii -im grazing : in the most promiscuous manner ttpoa the heath. Ha goes about with a stick whacking the bushes and - carrying his juice-smudged face in front of bim as if. he was within his righ's. His brown hands are all cobwebbed with fine scratches, and down his chaek runs a centipede scrawl showing where the bram ble had sprunj back. Nob that he cares much for such accidears; they are alir'fn the day's work, and so he strides along marauding with a fine assertion of natural rights, which is very divert ing. He- is human, of coursa; but all the same, .he move3 in a queer little world of his own. Gown-up folk in general he regards as a discipline, and not friendly on the whole to hi3 personal in terests. His parents are necessary ; so much is obvious to him. But they have extraordinary ' ideas of right and wrens; theoriza preposterously on wet feet and holes in trousers, and held unaccountabla opinions abous school and ihe washing of laces and hands. He fubmAs to all this as far as ha must, and consoles himself with the reflection that some da he will be old enough to do without parents, and then he will not wash his face oitener than he chooser nor go to school. In the mean time- he plays truant as frequently a3 he can. and especially when autumn, with her mellow ing finders, has been busy among: the wild fruit, is he fouad afield. What a happy little wretch ic is! Everything about him excites him to activity; everything affords him pleasure. Whistling, throwing stones, chasing butterflies, eating - blackberries, he wanders about, a thoroughly care-. less, irresponsible, gladsome urchin. in o tinner Hurts him. lie triumpns over the miscellaneous . food he crams him self with: comas ud smilin? after every severe accident. His body is all elastic and hinsces, and it does not matter much how he tumbles. There is one catas trophe, however, to which he seems par ticularly liable, and that is the wasp. Where ha finds so many it is difficult to say- but tha fact ra mains that ha has a positive genius for getting stung. This demoralizes him altogether, and he has been known to run prodigious distances to report the ca lamity to tiie domestic cirela, roaring all the way. .ber one thing, the wasp is, lik the j boy, a rummager in hedgerows; for: an other, it is very fond of blackberries. Moreover, it-is givan to concealing itself. especially in fruit, and as the urchin, with sweet trustfulness m things in general, seems to think it a reflection upon provi dence tnas na snouia examine what he is going to eat before ha put3 it in hi3 mouth. ne dees not, as a rule, detact tha insect upon the berry or insida tha plum till it is too late, and the wasp has made its pro test. The boy's confidence in nature is so complete, so genarous, that ha disdains anytnine: that lias the apt?aranca of cau tion, and when one sees him in the middle of a bramble bush, picking with both hands, anl popping in the berries without the leas; examination, it i3 perfectly'awful to think of tha entomological od is and ends that ha must consume in tha course of a day 's debauch. . The Hell Gate Explosion. Life. From a scientific point of .view, the blow ing up of Flood rock was as great a success as it3 engineers could have wished. Not only was tha rock completely shattered, but many curious phenomena as to the traveling capacity of shakes were discovered. Gen tlemen of undoubted veracity, and of so far advanced a stage of scientific culture as to be able to distinguish an earthquake from the fall of a roller skater, were stationed at various points along the road from this city to Boston, with instrtictiom to report tha exact time at which the vibration ra'phaH thorn At New Haven the shock was felt twelve minute3 before the explosion took place, a fact which is vouched for by a celebrated shakeologisfc, notwithstanding the equally positive declaration of others that a furni ture van passed hi3 house at the same mo ment. , . At Hartford it wast felt at 11:23 by one scientist, and at 11:20 by anotaer. The phenomenon about this is that each observer is prepared to take his solemn oath that his watch was and is right. ; At various other points on the road equally astonishing phenomena were observed, A.t Springfield a gentloman who had been afflicted with theagua for twenty-five years i3 prepared to affirm that the shake reached r- A T . , 1 a 1 mm nve minutes Deiore meauvermsea uoux. and hasa' t left him since. The Economic Deacon. . Boston Globe. ' , i . . ; At a recent meeting in Boston to raise funds for the support of Parnall the follow ing anecdote was related of a pious deacon at a church meeting. ;The deacon got up on the platform to advocate repairing the church and opening a subscription therefor. A good many members wished to tear down the church and bmii a new one. Je was of an economic tarn of mind and ha said: "No. let us repair tha old church instead of sroinar to such a bisr expense, and I subscribe 5 for that nurpose." Just as he had said thosa word3 the ceiling fell down and struck hjm on the head. , Me -looKea up, saw ine very damaged condition Jn which, "the . old church was. and was gen ero Oily - struck, and in a moment said i 'I:will subscribe 50." - Whereupon - a pious member said: "Oh, good Lord, hit him again." ,. f An Artless CUIId. fArkansaw Traveler. Town woman (to honest farmer) Are you sure these chickens are iresni Honest farmer Oh. yes, mum: 1 klued 'em this nwniinff.' i ' " - " ArtlAS formnr hnv J-VnU didn' t Klil ttUS old hen, pap, for she' died ' while we was eatin' supper. . Evans villa Argus: An exchange says that a folded no wsnn rtnr nl ncfld under the coat in the small of tha back i an excellent sub stitute for an overcoat. Now 13 toe wme w subscribe. s THE i i r t ariotte utew, Now in It Thi?l)7-l,:'oiir!li Voliiffiiv And fully abreast with all the resalrements of modern journalism- THE 'DAILY I'OBSKSTEfi eras TELBGRAPBIOj NEWS Fiomat home and from abroad, and from a? quarters of the globe, besides all the Current News of the daj, Local and otherwise. Its com pile and accurate daily Telegraphic Market Repots Are an Important and va'uable feature-1 the bus iness man, and are alone worth the subscription price of Thb Observer. No other dally to the State enjoys such .Exeeiieot Mail Facilities A3 IS POSSESSED BY The OBSERVER As It reaches all the surrounding towns and all tti Important postoffices In the State, as well as re mote points North, South and West iw eSher States, on the j' Bay of its Publication. This makes It a most valuable news serving publication, as well as advertising mediusa It pre-eminently the leading Daily of the State, and has established its claim to thla merit. Tffs Observer's new Eight-Page form enables it to give more reading matter than ever before. SUBSCRIPTION 'RATES: Daily edition, by mail, OnQ year, $8.00 u " " " 6mos., $4.00 " ct " 3 mos., $2.00 THE ekly Observer, A Large Eight-Page Paper, Issued every Thursday. It gives full local reports, Telegrophlc News, State News and General Mls cellaneousJMatter, and oys an Immense circu lation. . SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1 Weekly edition, One Year, $1.76 it Six months, $1.00 Three months. . 50 To advertisers the Dally and Weekly Observer constitute an unexcelled medium, as they circu late thickly throughout the State. Contract rates supplied upon application. None who want to keep ud with the hews of the day can afford tobe without The Obsbbvkk. ' , We SATURDAY, NOVEMBER U, 1885. b . . ,ar Skv ' S1UII We are more compUt" in vry depart nent'jjjSt now than we have been, in any previous Reason. We repres-f-r.t a higher grade of clothing than we hav evf-r kept, and it vvilJ bf well lor any one. in quest of stylish, well built outfits 10 examine our Ktoek In Underwear we have everything that is comfortable nni durable, both tni white and .scarlet textures.' I Is a!) iiinpo riant festure in our bu sin c.a. We have everything that is new ad desirable in soft and stiif blocks, and not forgettiag our juvenile friends-, we have provided for them in great variety, 6 M1 Ihcludmg Fur Qoods, at moderate prices 7 Polos, m an extensive assortment of colors.,, at. 50 and 25 cents; and navysblue military silk band caps we will sell during this week, to put "the ball in motion,"' At Only Fifteen Cents. We are well prepared now for an extensive business, and we shall use every effort to secure the patronage of those intending to buy. EL D. LATTA & BRO, PURE rHis whiseet.should.be foukd on the sideboaed or EVERT faeiet IT IS ABSOLUTELY PURE. ENTIRELY FREE FROM FUSEL OIL, DO NOT BE DECEIVED. Many Druggists and Grocers -who do not have Duffy's Pure Halt Whiskey in stock, attempt to palm off on customers, whiskey of their own bottling, which fieiog of an inferior grade and adulterated, pays them a larger profit. ASK FOR DUFFY'S PURE MALT WHISKEY, AND TAKE NO OTHER SOLD BY ALL FIRST-GLASS DRUGGISTS AND GROCERS. Send us your address ana we will mail boon, containing valuable nicrfnataon. Utample Quart Hottles gent to any address in the United States (East of the Kocky Mountains), securely packed in plain ease, Express charges prepaid on receipt of DUFFY MALT WHISKEY CO., Baltimore, Md., U. S. A, S-!lfiia; Agents for Charlotte, May6eodw6m THE LARGEST STOCK IN THE STaTE ' Baby Carriages, Window Shades, Grombs, Oil Paintings, Cornice Poles, Coffins, J Caskets, Metallic Cases, ' Burial Suits. 'I BUY- LARGELY m I -SELL -I!EAP. ISO . CQAK GB JFOR PACKING OR DRATAGE. SEND LJldo MB OUTFITS FOR -(;o-:)- par-tin exit v.. 5 Pneumonia, Consumption, Dyspepsia ana JVasting Diseases. Posilivelif lielieved, and Nature 5 &fY3F?S$&r rut. listed in. VP. fit nr inn Vitnl nmriffa or Six Bottles sent for 2j5G' I. Cm W. US. , WILSON & CO. " . ' FOB PRICES. Condensed 8chdllle MaJSl, 1885." No. 51. ; Iallj-. 2- a D: 8?7 a 9.as o " Leave Chariott: Salisbury, ."High Point, Arrive Greensboro Leave Greensboro! Arrive Hiiisboro, " Durham, Raleigh, 8 59 i Msoaiv Jsaieign. Arrive Goldsboro, 140 p Arrive at Ralegh Arnve at Goldshn 1? am ; j.uu a m for all points NorVowSFkTT At Sail and w.?flit western N. C At riLir' K-fora' U !vme. xri V- Al "OldSborn n-v Vdl DO Int.? Vay'31, lS85i Leave Uoldsboro. Arrive Raleigh, Leave Raleigh. Arrive Durham. ' " Hiiisboro, J" Greensboro. Leave Greeosbcro. Arrive High Point . ; Salisbury, " Charlotte. No. E0, Dally, i fS p to 5.00 p m 6.07 n ffi 6.47 p a 9.on n i; 11.55 p m 1.1)0 a m ?-As- except SUMar Arrive Raleigh 1 'i111 Leave Raleigh ntlm Arrive Greensboro 8.Saam 1 a ui A&-LlixeforaU pointetf'uSS GOING SOUTH, No. 50. DaUy, No. 52, Dally. 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